\nAutoWeek<\/em> has decided to let the cat get just a little bit further out of the bag this morning following last night’s first bit of embargo breakage<\/a> regarding the 2011 Ford Mustang GT and its 5.0-liter V8 engine<\/a>. So, by now you’ve heard that the new powerplant puts out 412 ponies, or 83 horsepower-per-liter. Now, AW wants you to know it also offers up 390 pound-feet of torque and that peak power comes at a screaming 6,500 RPM.<\/p>\n The new powertrain combination will also return 25 miles per gallon, says AW. How does it manage this feat? With an aluminum engine block with cast cylinder sleeves and brand-new heads with four valves per cylinder, vertical intake ports and twin independent variable valve timing. Don’t forget the tuned exhaust headers, a forged steel crankshaft with four-bolt main bearings plus new pistons and connecting rods.<\/p>\n And what about the transmission? Your choice of either the 6R80 automatic transmission or the MT82 six-speed manual. We now return you to your regularly-scheduled programming… until the next bit of embargo breakage, of course.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Ford Mustang GT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \nPhotos by Drew Phillips<\/small><\/strong><\/em> \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Copyright (C)2009 Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em> Autoweek<\/i> spills more beans on the 2011 Ford Mustang’s 5.0-liter V8<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Ford 2010 Ford Mustang GT – Click above for high-res image gallery AutoWeek has decided to let the cat get just a little bit further out of the bag this morning following last night’s first bit of embargo breakage regarding the 2011 Ford Mustang GT and its 5.0-liter V8 engine. So, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/08\/2010mustang_lead.jpg\")
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